- Cruit Upper, Co. Donegal, Donegal

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Donegal Site name: Cruit Upper, Co. Donegal

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Site type: GRAVES OF INDETERMINATE DATE

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ITM: E 573034m, N 920147m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 55.028141, -8.421740

In February 1954 human remains were discovered by workers for Donegal County Council digging for sand on Cruit Island, Cruit Upper,62 near Burtonport, Co. Donegal. The body appears to have been extended in an unlined pit dug into sand and gravel. The site was reported to the GardaĆ­ at Burtonport, who informed the NMI. The site was not visited, however, and the human remains were reinterred. No associated grave-goods or gravemarkers were found. According to local legend, a sailor was washed ashore here and was buried in the vicinity.

62. Parish of Templecrone, barony of Boylagh. OS 6in. sheet 4, exact location not marked.